ProQuest Scheduled Maintenance 2/28/15
Thursday, February 26th, 2015 at
12:37 pm
Between about 9:00 PM (CST) Saturday, Feb. 28th and 2:00 AM Sunday, Mar. 1, ProQuest will be performing site/infrastructure maintenance. All ProQuest databases will be unavailable during those five hours. The down time applies to RefWorks, Nursing & Allied Health Source, and several indexes in the humanities and social sciences made available via TexShare. Thank […]

Gale and Ebsco Survey
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 at
1:56 pm
Starting February 23 Gale and Ebsco database users will see a one question survey. Our Library Services and Technology Act five-year plan requires collecting outcomes for our programs, including the TexShare databases Gale and Ebsco. To accomplish this, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission conducts this bi-annual survey of patrons using the TexShare databases. […]

Jazz Age Student Appreciation
Thursday, February 19th, 2015 at
6:34 pm
Join us Wednesday, March 4 from 11:30 am – 12:45 pm to party down and take a break from exams. Unwind at the TMC Library to hear a great Jazz Band featuring music from the roaring 20’s and get a wonderful dog therapy from Faithful Paws! Free food, beverages, giveaways and drawings for your favorite […]

Ongoing James T. Willerson MD Cardiovascular Seminars
Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 at
3:36 pm
The James T. Willerson MD Cardiovascular Seminar (JTWCVS) series is a multi‐institutional program organized by the Texas Heart Institute, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The seminar is held most Thursdays during the academic year (September through May) from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Texas Heart […]

Andreas Vesalius Birthday Party
Monday, January 5th, 2015 at
4:00 pm
The TMC Library will celebrate 100 years in 2015 with a series of events throughout the year. The first event will be held on Monday, January 12 at noon to celebrate Andreas Vesalius 500th Birthday. Attend a presentation by L. Maximilian Buja,MD on the life of Vesalius. Italian style food and Prosecco will be served […]

Library Holiday Hours
Wednesday, December 17th, 2014 at
10:45 pm
The TMC Library will be open from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm on the following days: Monday, December 22, Tuesday, December 23 Friday, December 26, Monday, December 29 Tuesday, December 30 Saturday, December 20, 27 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Sunday, December 21, 28 from 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm […]

New Library Subscription: JAMAevidence®
Monday, December 1st, 2014 at
5:24 pm
JAMAevidence® provides fundamental tools for teaching, learning, and applying evidence-based medicine in the assessment of health problems and outcomes of health care. Users will find leading references that explain basic principles to turn theory into practice, customizable worksheets that allow them to systematically apply evidence-based medicine to their cases, and PowerPoint slideshows to enhance classroom and conference […]

Learn how to find information on drugs: journal articles, e-Books, clinical trials, point-of-care tools, and other resources. The class will give an overview of how to find drug information in PubMed, Micromedex, AccessMedicine, and more.

Get started with RefWorks citation management software! RefWorks is a web-based citation management program that allows you to organize references in one convenient location as well as to format your paper and bibliography. This class will teach you to set up an account, import citations, build your bibliography and format your paper.

*It is highly recommended that participants in this class have experience searching PubMed or other databases, and using Microsoft Word.

Learn the basics of PubMed, the National Library of Medicine’s search service, which provides access to over 24 million citations for biomedical literature. Emphasis will be on searching by keywords, Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), and on using filters to retrieve relevant information. Options for saving your results will also be discussed.

These two databases search over 500 journals in nursing as well as allied health, alternative medicine, and consumer health. They give evidence-based information on diseases and conditions, treatment options, and drug information. Learn how to search with precision, save your searches, receive alerts when new articles are published, and download the mobile apps.

Build on the basics of PubMed by going deeper into MeSH searching, building searches in Advanced Search mode, discussing the benefits and features of MyNCBI, Clinical Queries, and more. This class is for anyone who has basic searching knowledge or brief experience searching in PubMed.

Provider: Institute of Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics Freiburg, GermanyDescriptions: A regularly updated index of links to websites devoted to health informatics, medical and nursing informatics. Institutions and organizations are listed by country and also can be browsed by topic category. On the main page is a listing of upcoming international informatics conferences and events.Keywords: data analysis, health statistics, informatics, information science, international, measurement, multilingual, science

Provider: The Hastings CenterDescriptions: This online book from the Hastings Center is the collaborative effort of various Hastings Center writers and outside journalists. The Bioethics Briefing Book "seeks to inform debate surrounding thirty-six of the most controversial bioethics topics in the media today." Each chapter begins with an entry highlighting the debated points of the issue, and a comprehensive overview of its various facets follows. Links to information on relevant legislation, 2008 Presidential campaign and party platform positions and links to websites, news items and further reading resources are provided. A few of the topics covered are: gene patents; family-provided long-term care; nanotechnology; abortion; organ transplantation; and stem cells. This book is offered as a free download in .pdf format.Keywords: biomedical ethics, biomedical research, biotechnology, bioterrorism, ethics, policy, public affairs, science, society, trend

Provider: WorldWideScience Alliance; Office of Scientific and Technical Information; International Council for Scientific and Technical InformationDescriptions: WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway that enables the user to explore scientific databases and portals from U.S. and international sources, with the intent of accelerating scientific discovery and progress through federated search technology that facilitates deeper searching of the Web.Keywords: federated search, gateway, international, multidisciplinary, portal, science, search

Provider: Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)Descriptions: uScience is a new pilot repository of classroom-tested and peer-reviewed instructional resources for undergraduate-level science courses, to be focused primarily on human health issues. The uScience site is an expansion of MedEdPORTAL that facilitates faculty experimentation with new instructional strategies. Each resource found in the uScience collection is a complete learning unit, including activities, presentation, data, resources, instructor guide and with some, assessment. Each resource is peer-reviewed for content and instructional effectiveness. The first resources made available include units in cellular and molecular biology, anatomy and physiology, evolutionary biology, chemistry and physics.Keywords: anatomy, biology, chemistry, education, faculty, images, medicine, open access, physics, physiology, science, student, video

Provider: TED Conferences, LLCDescriptions: "Ideas Worth Spreading." This organization has posted free videos of talks given at the TED annual conferences, with Creative Commons licensing that allows free downloading and re-use as well as viewing. "The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes)." Speakers include world-renowned scientists addressing global issues; performers include musicians and other artists.Keywords: art, Creative Commons, culture, multicultural, multidisciplinary, science, video

Provider: European Group on Ethics in Science and New TechnologiesDescriptions: Convened by the European Commission, this group is composed of fifteen experts who examine various ethical questions of new science and technologies. View opinion papers and statements on topics like cloning and nanomedicine. Papers are available in European languages. All past publications of the group are posted here, along with copies of their newsletter, "Ethically Speaking."Keywords: biomedical ethics, law, policy, science, technology

Provider: EBSCOContents: Abstracts, general reference, index, magazines, newspapersAccess Level: Licensed, On-Site Visitor, TMC Academic UserDescriptions: A current events database focusing on social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms; contains full text from diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO’s collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information. This database provides full text from more than 1,550 publications. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for more than 1,650 journals.Keywords: biographies, economics, kids, politics, public affairs, science, society

Provider: Baylor College of Medicine Descriptions: BioEd Online is an award-winning life sciences educational resource from Baylor's Center for Educational Outreach. Designed for teachers and their students from elementary to high school level, it contains engaging multimedia teaching and course materials, including lesson demonstrations, on genetics, neuroscience, viruses, environmental science and more topics. Resources include a library of downloadable slide sets, as well as videos, podcasts and .pdf teaching guides. BioEd Online is edited by a distinguished group of Baylor College of Medicine faculty and staff, and funded by NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Education and others. The website also features a series of video presentations for K-8 students on life science experiments in space, funded by NASA and sponsored by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. Although all courses are free to HISD teachers and Baylor-affiliated faculty and staff after obtaining a log-in, full access to some requires a subscription for other users. Teacher contact-hour certification available for more advanced courses.Keywords: Baylor, biology, brain, communicable diseases, continuing education, courseware, education, environmental, faculty, full text, genetics, Internet, K-12, life sciences, natural sciences, neuroscience, news, NIH, partial open access, podcasts, science, student, video

Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Project 2061Descriptions: From the website: "Project 2061's benchmarks are statements of what all students should know or be able to do in science, mathematics, and technology by the end of grades 2, 5, 8, and 12... Project 2061 promotes literacy in science, mathematics, and technology in order to help people live interesting, responsible, and productive lives. In a culture increasingly pervaded by science, mathematics, and technology, science literacy requires understandings and habits of mind that enable citizens to grasp what those enterprises are up to, to make some sense of how the natural and designed worlds work, to think critically and independently, to recognize and weigh alternative explanations of events and design trade-offs, and to deal sensibly with problems that involve evidence, numbers, patterns, logical arguments, and uncertainties."Keywords: education, faculty, science, student

Provider: Nature EducationDescriptions: Scitable is a free website with international participation; its current focus is on all aspects of genetics. Created for educators and students working at the graduate and undergraduate levels, it may well be accessible enough for some high school students. Includes many free articles within "topic rooms," and offers blogging, the ability to post questions, opportunities to contribute as writer or mentor, and formation of groups for discussion or curriculum. Free registration required for full participation.Keywords: blog, courseware, education, faculty, genetics, genomics, science, student

Provider: ScienceStage.comDescriptions: From the provider: "ScienceStage.com is a virtual conference room, lecture hall, laboratory, library, and meeting venue all in one. It offers new methods of scientific presentation, scientific discourse, and academic knowledge transfer by using video streaming, audio streaming, and text features. Sign up for a free account to be able to post material and join the ScienceStage community. Many different scientific disciplines are represented here, along with some humanities. Browse by field/discipline and content type. Video resources include links to Grand Rounds videos available on the Web, and to TED talks. Free registration is required for full participation and to post items, but most content is open to visitors.Keywords: international, Internet, links, medicine, multidisciplinary, open access, publishing, science, scientist, social networking, video, Web tools

Provider: Creative CommonsDescriptions: From the website: "The more we understand about science and its complexities, the more important it is for scientific data to be shared openly. It’s not useful to have ten different labs doing the same research and not sharing their results; likewise, we’re much more likely to be able to pinpoint diseases if we have genomic data from a large pool of individuals. Since 2004, we’ve been focusing our efforts to expand the use of Creative Commons licenses to scientific and technical research."Keywords: contract, Creative Commons, research, science, scientist

Provider: National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research ResourcesDescriptions: This website from Department of Health and Human Service's Clinical and Translational Science Awards consortium is for researchers recruiting subjects, and for those who would like to volunteer to participate in clinical and other health studies. (University of Texas Health Science Center Houston's Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences and UT Medical Branch's Institute for Translational Sciences are members of CTSA.) Institutions and potential volunteers register here; personal information of volunteers is kept secure. "Anyone can join ResearchMatch. Many studies are looking for healthy people... while some are looking for people with specific health conditions. ResearchMatch can help ‘match’ you with any type of research study, ranging from surveys to clinical trials, always giving you the choice to decide what studies may interest you."Keywords: clinical studies, clinical trials, medicine, networking, NIH, physician, research, science, scientist, U.S. Government

Provider: National Institutes of Health (NIH)Descriptions: This is a resource for teachers of science at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Lesson plans are provided. Search by topic, grade level or format.Keywords: education, free, full text, science, student

Provider: J-STAGEContents: Abstracts, full textAccess Level: Free, Open AccessDescriptions: This is a portal to approximately 1,650 open-access journals and 130 proceedings provided by the Japan Science and Technology Agency. Many of the journals are in English; others contain articles in English, or provide English abstracts. Material may be used for personal or academic purposes in accordance with international copyright laws.Keywords: biomedical research, medicine, multidisciplinary, science, technology

Provider: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)Descriptions: The NIST website outlines the role of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in establishing standards that enhance many areas of American life, including the health care industry, for example: statistics, calibration and other measurement tools, screening and diagnostics, information science and optical physics. Drilling down to division level, one can read about the various research projects under way and some full-text articles on these are freely available. NIST is also the source for official, precise time in the United States.Keywords: calibration, federal agencies, information science, information technology, mathematics, measurement, medical devices, physics, products, science, statistical

Provider: Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of HealthDescriptions: This is a service of the NIH's Center for Information Technology, a growing, searchable collection of National Institutes of Health and Health and Human Services streaming videos and podcasts. Thousands of lectures (including some Grand Rounds), meetings and special events are made available here. Most are open for worldwide public viewing (RealPlayer required.) A minority are restricted to agency employees and clearly marked as such. Lectures and events are also presented live via this site. Reading the FAQ section and testing before playing to an audience is advised. These presentations average about an hour in length and span a wide array of topics.Keywords: biomedical research, education, federal agencies, Internet, life sciences, medicine, NIH, podcasts, research, science, U.S. Government, video

Provider: Nature.com and InnoCentiveDescriptions: "NPG [Nature Publishing Group] has partnered with InnoCentive to launch the nature.com open innovation pavilion. By giving readers the opportunity to participate in research and development challenges, the nature.com open innovation pavilion aims to facilitate greater scientific collaboration... Companies and not-for-profit organizations (known as Seekers) can post Challenges in life sciences, physical sciences and clinical medicine on the nature.com open innovation pavilion. As Solvers, users can apply their expertise to important problems, stretch their creative boundaries, and win cash awards."Keywords: bioengineering, collaborative, laboratory, medicine, pharmacology, physics, products, science, scientist

Provider: National Science FoundationDescriptions: The National Science Foundation (NSF) offers full grant-funding information to the research community- from opportunity, to application deadline, to awards. NSF policy on data sharing and data management are also provided here. Those seeking grant information may want to go straight to the Site Map for faster navigation to their areas of interest. The NSF funds approximately 10,000 new scientific grant awards annually for research in a variety of scientific fields. To the general public, the NSF site provides a multimedia gallery of news, speeches and lectures, special reports and overviews of NSF research.Keywords: biology, biomedical research, general reference, grants, images, medical illustration, medical imaging, publishing, reports, research, RSS feed, science, U.S. Government, video

Provider: NIGMS - National Institute of General Medical SciencesDescriptions: "The mission of [NIGMS] is to support research that increases understanding of life processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention." NIGMS provides training and career grants, including a grants and opportunities program for minorities. This website is a gold mine for educators, providing scientist interviews, short films on special topics, an image database, posters, fact sheets, even interactive games. One can access or sign up for Biomedical Beat, the free NIGMS online newsletter, as well as order many other free publications. For researchers there is a blog, NIGMS Feedback Loop, that keeps one up to date on funding opportunities and future plans.Keywords: biomedical research, blog, disease, federal agencies, free, gateway, genomics, grants, health sciences, images, informatics, life sciences, medicine, NIH, open access, pharmacogenomics, podcasts, research, science, scientist, video

Provider: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDescriptions: Free lecture notes, exams and videos from MIT. "MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity." (Note: These courses, even where complete, cannot be used for academic credit.) Materials from most courses taught at MIT are available here, and a special section for High School educators is available.Keywords: courseware, engineering, faculty, free, K-12, multidisciplinary, science, student, video

Provider: BioMed CentralContents: Abstracts, full textAccess Level: Free, Open Access, Open Access JournalsDescriptions: BioMed Central is a Science, Technology and Medicine (STM) publisher of more than 250 peer-reviewed open access journals. The journals here cover many specialty areas of biology, biomedicine and medicine and include broad interest titles as well. All original research articles published by BioMed Central are freely accessible online upon publication. Other content in a minority of the journals is subscription-based. Articles labelled Open Access are immediately and permanently available online. Unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium is permitted, provided the article is properly cited. See BioMed Central's open access charter. Search BioMed Central by journal, or browse by article.Keywords: biomedical research, medicine, science

Provider: Cornell University LibraryContents: Abstracts, archive, full textAccess Level: Free, Open Access, Open Access JournalsDescriptions: This digital repository provides open access to e-prints in physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology. Started in August 1991, arXiv.org (formerly xxx.lanl.gov) is a highly-automated electronic archive and distribution server for research papers. Users can retrieve papers from arXiv either via the web interface, or by sending commands to the system via e-mail. Authors can use a web form to submit their papers and can also update their submissions if they choose, though previous versions remain available. Users can register to automatically receive an email listing of newly submitted papers in areas of interest to them.Keywords: e-prints, mathematics, open access publishing, physics, quantitative biology, scholarly publishing, science

Provider: SCImagoContents: charts/graphs, images, statisticsAccess Level: Free, Open AccessDescriptions: Based on data indexed in SCOPUS, SJR graphs a number of metrics on scientific publications and publishing. Some unique aspects of the journal analysis include: proportion of cited to uncited/citable to uncitable articles; percentage of a journal's articles that are indicative of research resulting from international collaboration; ranking of countries and regions of the world according to publication output and citation; and an interactive map feature that generates graphic co-citation networks among disciplines, by country and time period. The opening page of SCImago sums it up: "Rank - Analyze - Compare - Visualize."Keywords: citation analysis, data analysis, humanities, impact factor, interactive, medicine, publishing, science, social sciences